TAIL(1)								       TAIL(1)

NAME
       tail - deliver the last part of a file

SYNOPSIS
       tail [ +-number[lbc][rf] ] [ file ]

       tail [ -fr ] [ -n nlines ] [ -c nbytes ] [ file ]

DESCRIPTION
       Tail copies the named file to the standard output beginning at a desig‐
       nated place.  If no file is named, the standard input is copied.

       Copying begins at position +number  measured  from  the	beginning,  or
       -number	from  the  end	of  the input.	Number is counted in lines, 1K
       blocks or bytes, according to the appended flag or Default is -10l (ten
       ell).

       The further flag causes tail to print lines from the end of the file in
       reverse order; (follow) causes tail, after printing to the end, to keep
       watch and print further data as it appears.

       The  second  syntax  is	that  promulgated  by POSIX, where the numbers
       rather than the options are signed.

EXAMPLES
       tail file
	      Print the last 10 lines of a file.

       tail +0f file
	      Print a file, and continue to watch data accumulate as it grows.

       sed 10q file
	      Print the first 10 lines of a file.

SOURCE
       /sys/src/cmd/tail.c

BUGS
       Tails relative to the end of the file are treasured up in a buffer, and
       thus are limited in length.

       According  to  custom,  option  +number counts lines from 1, and counts
       blocks and bytes from 0.

       Tail is ignorant of UTF.

								       TAIL(1)

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